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Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength. And So On.

Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength. And So On.

CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org On April 9 I sent out a link to an interview I did with Gunnar Kaiser and urged people to watch it before YouTube censored it completely. Well, guess what … no sooner had YouTube finally removed its punitive ban on KaiserTV from uploading new content — whereupon

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Junta Troops Take More Casualties

Junta Troops Take More Casualties

19th April 2021 The Junta troops continue to take casualties. There are sporadic conflicts throughout the regions and the civilians are fighting back in low scale conflicts. The troops are having problems with supplies and are “foraging” for food. They are stealing rice and chickens from the local villagers and

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Pakistan’s Draconian Blasphemy Laws Claim Two More Victims

Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. District Headquarters Hospital Faisalabad is a 570-bed hospital in the second-largest city in the Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province. Like all hospitals in Pakistan, it is under pressure from the Covid-19 pandemic, but it has

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Without Evidence of Real Progress, NZ’s Foreign Policy Towards China Looks Increasingly Empty
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Without Evidence of Real Progress, NZ’s Foreign Policy Towards China Looks Increasingly Empty

Alexander Gillespie theconversation.com Alexander Gillespie works primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. Very recently in the Bay of Bengal a naval exercise took place involving India, France, Japan and Australia. While it received little or no coverage in

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‘Scribblepotamus’ of the Day

‘Scribblepotamus’ of the Day

Mahuta drew on metaphors heavily to describe New Zealand’s contemporary relationship with China. “When I think about this relationship … I liken it to the respect a taniwha would have for a dragon, and vice versa,” she told the NZ China Council in Wellington. […] “Taniwha are endemic to Aotearoa but

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Stalemate?

Stalemate?

18th April 2021 The conflict in Myanmar is reaching a stage where the Military won’t lose, but equally they can’t win. The Tatmadaw have about 350,000/400,000 troops and the EAOs about 100,000.  The Tatmadaw are better armed and have an air force, most of

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This Is What Foreign Policy Failure Looks Like

This Is What Foreign Policy Failure Looks Like

This is what foreign policy failure looks like after New Zealand’s despicable treatment of Fiji under Helen Clark and John Key. Successive foreign ministers, but especially Murray McCully have led to this: Two senior officers of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) recently received their Masters in Military Science

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Sacked for Refusing to Use “Tattleware”

Sacked for Refusing to Use “Tattleware”

We’re told that tracer apps are for our own protection and to stop the spread of Covid, but if what’s happening overseas is any indication, then that is a big lie. It seems you must comply or lose your livelihood. ReclaimTheNet reports: Many have feared that invasive location

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How Communist China Manufactured Chinese “History”

How Communist China Manufactured Chinese “History”

I often refer to Communist China as the Nazi Germany of the 21st century. This is not intended as mere hyperbole, but a solemn warning. A new book on Chinese history and Chinese Communist Party ideology lends weight to the warning. In the Politeia, Plato urged the Ideal State to

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A Land with No Beer

A Land with No Beer

17th April 2021 The economy is taking a hit in the weirdest ways and the military in particular are suffering from the downturn. By closing down the internet and mobile networks the Junta have hit at the heart of the modernising transactional banking part of the economy. This, combined with

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Myanmar: Could Defecting Security Forces Bring down the Military Regime?

Myanmar: Could Defecting Security Forces Bring down the Military Regime?

Natasha Lindstaedt University of Essex Natasha Lindstaedt is Deputy Dean (Education) (Social Sciences) and Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. Her teaching interests include State Building, Democracy, Authoritarian Regimes, US Politics, Middle East Politics and Latin American Politics. Just over ten years ago there were

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New Government Formed, Junta Trying to Find Them

New Government Formed, Junta Trying to Find Them

16th April 2021 In keeping with my policy of fair news reporting from Myanmar, I have another piece from the Global New Light of Myanmar. Yesterday’s headlines included the shattering news that the price of Tamarind leaves was holding up well. Tamarind leaves ready for market. The seasonal fresh

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Military Media Reports Interesting Banana News

Military Media Reports Interesting Banana News

15th April 2021 The clampdown on the media, internet and mobile phone services is beginning to have an effect. I have not had contact with my regular contacts in Myanmar for 5 days now, but on the other hand, the banking system is close to collapse. The media sources are

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